Metallic tie.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. MILLER. OF JERSEY MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

. METALLIC TIE.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Josevi-i L. Minnen, a citizen of the United States. residing at Jersey Mills, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction ot' metallic ties for railway rails, and the primary object ot' the invention is to produce a device ot' this character which shall be et' a simple, cheap and thoroughly veffective construction wherein the rails will beseated on suitable cushion members, thesaid tie having means associated therewith and forming a part thereof for securing the rails thereon.

With the above and other objects in viewT the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set l'orth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

in the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention illustrating rails thereon. Fig. 2 is a top. plan view of the same, (Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same, Fig. 4 a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ot one of the cleats.

My improvement contemplates the employment ol two substantially similar metallic box-like members which provide the ends of the tie proper. lhese end members, indicated by the numerals 1` have open tops and have either integrally formed with or secured to their bottoms each a pair of spaced longitudinally arranged cleats 2. The cleats, in the showing of the drawings are illustrated as detachablel members and each has its underface, from its ends, cut

away or reduced and the said ends providedwith longitudinal slots 3 which are centrally arranged in the said cleats. By this arrangement it will be noted that a space is left between the end members of the cleats at the bottom of the box suflicient to permit ot the insertion of the heads t of bolt members 5 through the slots 3 ot' the cleats, and the said slots are of a sullicient width to receive therein the square or rectangular portions 6 ot' the shanks of the bolts provided next to their heads 4. This arrangement prevents the bolts from turning. rlhe pairs of cleats in leach of the box-like ends of the ties are Patented Jan. 1 6, 1917.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1916. Serial No. 105,629.

spaced a sufficient distance to receive therebetween longitudinally arranged substantially rectangular cushion blocks 7, and it is upon these blocks that the base flanges of the rails 8 rest. The bolt members, it will be noted, may be moved longitudinally of the cleats so as to permit ot' their Shanks engagmg or contacting with the opposite edgesoi the base flanges ot' the rail 8. The sides of the box members l are depressed from the upper edges thereof, as indicated by the numerals 9, the width ot' the said depressions corresponding with the width of the base flanges ot' the rails 8 and the depth of the depressions being sufficient to permit of vthe upper faces ot' the cushion blocks 7 being disposed approximately centrally ot' the said depressions to extend above said depressions, and thus it will be noted that the rails rest directly upon the blocks 7 and d0 not, except .for the edges ot' their flanges, engage with the metallic end members or boxes 1.

Each of the boxes l. after the cushion members have been arranged 'therein is adapted to receive a liller l() which may be of vany desired nature, but is preferably in the nature of'a preservative for the wooden cushion members 7, and in the device disclosed b v the drawings the filler v10 is in the nature ol' cotton waste which has been thoroughly saturated with oil, the said oil being adapted to impregnate the cushion block 7 and thus materially add to the life oi the same. It may be here stated that the blocks may be readily removed should the same become worn.

The end walls of the box members 1 have their upper edges centrally grooved as at 11 to receive the tongues 12 of closure plates 13. The inner and lower edges of the closure plates 13 are beveled, as at 14, to agree with the upper surfaces of the base flanges of the rails 8 against which they lie, and the closure plates 13 may be of a length to permit of their said inner edges eontactingwith the webs of the rails. The closure plates are provided with suitable openings through which the threaded Shanks of the bolt merabers 4 pass and securing elements, in the nature of nuts 15, engage with the projecting ends of the bolts and bind against the upper faces of the closure plate 13, thus effectively xsecuring the rails upon the ties.

The referred to end walls ofthe box members 1 have their lower corners provided with outwardly extending bracket members 16 which have alining openings andwhich are adapted to receive a rod member 17 that connects the. two box-like ends of the tie. 'lheI rod member 1T may have its central portion of a substantially rectangular shape,

as indicated b v the numeral 18 in the drawings, but it is obvious vthat the rod may pass through a central tube as indicated by the numeral 19 in the drawings and still again the rod, at a `suitable distance from its ends, may be provided with lugs Q0, indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. of the drawings which may be either rigidly secured to the said rods or may be adjustablv arranged thereon. VThe central member of the rods is adapted to contact with the inner cars of the box-like members 1 to hold the said ends iii proper spaced relation with each other and the outer ends of the rods have threadedly secured thereon nuts 21 whereby the rod members are effectively connected with the ends and the ends retained in proper spaced relation with each other.

lt is to be understood that the metal rods are ol sul'licient inherent resilienc); as to permit either ot' the ends l of the tie yielding under the pressure olthe load of the rolling stock passing thereover, and from the foregoing it is believed that the construction and advantages of the device will be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

. l-laving thus described the invention, what I'claim is:-

1. A tie for railwavvv rails, comprising hollow end members. rods connecting said members` a cushion block providing a seat for lthe rail ir each ot' said end members, closure plates for the end members, and means for securing the closure plates upon theend members and over the base flanges ol the rails.

L). A tie for railroad rails. comprising hollow end members having open boxes, rods connecting the end members, a cushion block providing a seat for a rail in each of the end members, closure plates for the end mem bers, longitudinally disposed elements in the ends contacting with the sides of the cushion blocks, and securing means associated with the said elements and engaging the closure plates for locking the closure platesy upon the -said ends and in engagement with the rails.

8. A tie for railroad rails having metal boxes tru-ming the ends thereof, rod members at the lower portions of the boxes for connecting the same, a cushion block'providing a seat for a rail in each of the boxes, a filler ot' preservative material between the cushion blocks and the ends of each of the.

boxes, cleats secured in the boxes and contacting with the sides of the blocks, closure plates tor the boxes arranged to have their confronting edges overlying the base flanges ol the railsl when the rails are arranged upon the cushion blocks, and locking means removably connected with the cleats and passin; r through the closure plates for locking the said plates upon the said boxes.

l. In a metallic tie for railway rails, hollow members having open tops providing the ends of the ties, ears at the lower corners ot the ends, rod members passing through the ears. means for securing the rod members. a spacer element upon cach of the rod members between the ends, a cushion block providing a rail rseat in each of the ends, closure plates for the ends, elements secured to the bottom plates of the boxes and contacting with the sides of the cushion blocks, bolt members removably associated with said elements and having their threaded ends passing through openings in the closure plates, and nuts for the bolts.

ln testimony whereof I affix my si ature.

JOSEPH L. MILLER. 

